ཡི་དམ་

JH-ENG

[mind-firm]; personal deity; tutelary deity; promise; vow; one who has a vow; deity

JH-OE

{C}sense of obligation

JH-SKT

{LCh}iSTa-devatA; {C}samAdAnatva; {C}samAdAnatva

OT

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1) rgyud sde las bshad pa'i thun mong min pa'i bsten bya'i lha sangs rgyas byang sems rnams/ ... yi dam gyi lha/ ... 

2) dam bca' dang/ khas len/ ... yi dam bca' ba/ ... yi dam brtan pa/ ...

DM

Beyer, index under 'High Patron Deity.' chos kyi yi dam gyi spyod pa. A sUtra phrase that is difficult to translate. Silk, Dissert. 357.

JV

tutelary deity, SA ཀྱེ་རྡོ་རྗེ་, ma ha ma ya, dzam bha la, kalachakra, dpal gsang ba bsdus pa, gsang ba bdus pa, solemn promise, vow, oath, confirmation by oath, Yidam, meditation deity, devata

IW

1) yidam; 

2) promise, vow, oath

RB

ཡི་དམ་གྱི་ལྷ། chosen (meditational) deity

RY

yidam; meditational deity; Yidam, a meditation deity, [devata]; meditational deities. personal meditation / tutelary deity [yidam]. deities who are the focus of meditation and means for attainment, and who confer supreme accomplishments. Yidam. A personal deity and the root of accomplishment among the Three Roots. 

The yidam is one's tutelary deity; a personal protector of one's practice and guide to enlightenment. Traditionally, yidam practice is the main practice that follows the preliminaries. It includes the two stages of development and completion and is a perfect stepping stone for, or the bridge to approaching, the more subtle practices of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. Later on, yidam practice is the perfect enhancement for the view of these subtle practices. Yidam, the deity that forms the main object of one's meditation